Author: Wakoski, Diane and Ellen Lanyon
Title: Making a Sacher Torte (Signed)
Description: Mt Horeb, Wisconsin, The Perishable Press Limited, 1981. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 11.25 in. x 7.25 in. unpaginated (twenty interior leaves). Limited edition: 198/225. Poetic inscription and signed in ink by poet on fourth leaf. Handmade mauve paper covers over tan leather spine, with title embossed in blind to spine. Handmade Shadwell paper leaves of various natural colors. Laid-in: publisher's promotional flyer, on handmade paper. Inscription reads "For Lynda - feast, feast, feast on everything from dolmadas to divinity / with pleasure in making yr acquaintance and hoping that we will share many other meals together." Nine poems by American poet Diane Wakoski, twelve ink illustrations by Ellen Lanyon combine in this thematically united book about food and cooking, eating and drinking, with many surprises. This collection is a sequel to the 1974 Wandering Tattler. Handbound by Bill Anthony. from TFAOI: "Memories of food temptations also inspired painter Ellen Lanyon and poet Diane Wakoski to create the book Making a Sacher Torte. The title refers to the unforgettable cake baked by Wakoski's piano teacher, who had escaped from Vienna during World War II and who celebrated her new life in the United States with this decadent dessert. Wakoski's poems poignantly juxtapose human dramas, loneliness, disappointments, and the bitter taste of aging with the beauty and sensual appeal of food. Ellen Lanyon's whimsically surreal illustrations portray Sacher torte flying over Niagara Falls, flowers growing in teacups, tomatoes jumping out of a green tomato pie, and birds descending upon a Lebanese crock of olives. Near Fine .
Keywords: American Poetry
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Title: Making a Sacher Torte (Signed)
Description: Mt Horeb, Wisconsin, The Perishable Press Limited, 1981. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 11.25 in. x 7.25 in. unpaginated (twenty interior leaves). Limited edition: 198/225. Poetic inscription and signed in ink by poet on fourth leaf. Handmade mauve paper covers over tan leather spine, with title embossed in blind to spine. Handmade Shadwell paper leaves of various natural colors. Laid-in: publisher's promotional flyer, on handmade paper. Inscription reads "For Lynda - feast, feast, feast on everything from dolmadas to divinity / with pleasure in making yr acquaintance and hoping that we will share many other meals together." Nine poems by American poet Diane Wakoski, twelve ink illustrations by Ellen Lanyon combine in this thematically united book about food and cooking, eating and drinking, with many surprises. This collection is a sequel to the 1974 Wandering Tattler. Handbound by Bill Anthony. from TFAOI: "Memories of food temptations also inspired painter Ellen Lanyon and poet Diane Wakoski to create the book Making a Sacher Torte. The title refers to the unforgettable cake baked by Wakoski's piano teacher, who had escaped from Vienna during World War II and who celebrated her new life in the United States with this decadent dessert. Wakoski's poems poignantly juxtapose human dramas, loneliness, disappointments, and the bitter taste of aging with the beauty and sensual appeal of food. Ellen Lanyon's whimsically surreal illustrations portray Sacher torte flying over Niagara Falls, flowers growing in teacups, tomatoes jumping out of a green tomato pie, and birds descending upon a Lebanese crock of olives. Near Fine .
Keywords: American Poetry
Price: US$ 400.00 Seller: Aardvark Books
- Book number: 85974
- Book number: 85974
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